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If I were Biden, I'd draft an executive order, go on national TV, and explain the reason why I have to use emergency authorization to use an EO to make sure our military has the leaders it needs to be ready.
They want to play around? Chuck the ball immediately into their face full force and give Tubby another concussion.
I agree, but they won't because they'd rather have the talking point for the next election. "Conservatives are anti-armed forces" will be the spin. Something about interrupting your enemy when they are making a mistake.
It's dangerously stupid, of course, and conservative voters don't actually give a shit about the military.
Great. During next fascist government, republicans will use the exact same executive order to install ultra-MAGA goons on key military leadership positions.
In fact trump already tried something similar: remember how many senior positions in his administration were just “acting” traitors? Many times he replaced one acting person with other acting person. DHS leadership during his admin comes to mind as a great example of that.
Because the thing holding them back now is norms? They're going to do it already. Why do you think they're creating so many vacancies. It's in preparation for 2024.
Dems will continue to play by the rules and lose. But hey, at least they have the moral high ground while we slip into fascism.
It's infuriating 😠
I wouldn’t want fascist rule from the dems either; keeping your morals in the face of all of this should be a positive.
That said, the DNC is a bunch of lawful-evil cowards who could do a lot more while following the rules
Chancellor AND President? Hitler is dead. Stop the hyperbole. This isn’t moral better-than-thou high ground; if the dems start breaking the rules too then there are no rules. If there are no rules, the ones willing to attack and use force win.
That's literally how Hitler came to be in charge of Germany. He didnt win any elections and the Nazis weren't the majority until he was put in power to pacate his followers.
Y’all hate me for not wishing US politics was a free-for-all? Hitler is coming if we don’t turn into a slightly left GOP? Forget that
Im sick of this 'if Dems do it Republicans will too.' Because if the Republicans could have already done that they would have already done it. The fact that the Dems have not done something yet is stopping zero Republicans from considering or attempting it. Its strange that you imagine a fascist government that wouldn't try to install maga goons simply because the ladt Dem president didn't install his goons. I just don't see that as plausible. So why not at least try to do something?
You argued against yourself.
You pointed out that the GOP doesn't wait for dems to do a thing before they do it, which is true. There's no reason for Biden to refrain from doing something that trump has done already
No the Republicans would not because the Senate can actually vote them down if they want to.
IMHO, if the president makes an appointment, the Senate is constitutionally required to give their opinion, or they forfeit the right for that appointment.
Moves like that would be good for everyone except the bad faith actors in government. It just takes politicians like Biden admitting how broken their neo liberal order is. And working under a new paradigm focused on solving problems, not leaving problems in place so they can pretend they want to fix things through their inspirational speeches and donation drives.
I mean I hate Tubby as much as anyone and he is a piece of shit but that step is not necessary at all. Our military has the military leaders it needs and they're doing those jobs, they just don't have the requisite rank. It happens more often than you'd think.
Edit: If anyone disagrees with what I've said I'd love to discuss it with them.